What are your top ten -a ending female names?

See the results of this poll: Which -a ending names do you like?

Respondents: 92 (This poll is closed)

  • Araminta : 34 (15%)
  • Beulah : 4 (2%)
  • Demelza : 7 (3%)
  • Dinah : 24 (11%)
  • Geneva : 32 (14%)
  • Jemima : 30 (13%)
  • Marilla : 17 (8%)
  • Petronella : 4 (2%)
  • Rowena : 47 (21%)
  • Wilhelmina: 26 (12%)

Of your top ten the only one I liked is [name_f]Dinah[/name_f]. Out of those you didn’t have room for I like [name_f]Jemma[/name_f] (but with a g, so [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]) and [name_f]Lana[/name_f]. None of these would make my top 10.

My top ten in no real order is…

  1. [name_f]Kiera[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Cara[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Cora[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Lilla[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Priya[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Anya[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Aria[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Trista[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Kayla[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]

Of these there are only 4 I could see using for my own child. [name_f]Kiera[/name_f], [name_f]Lilla[/name_f], [name_f]Priya[/name_f], and [name_f]Aria[/name_f]. For some reason I seem to be drawn to other name endings.

I liked several of your list. I think we had a conversation about [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] a while ago on the forum. :slight_smile:

My top ten -a names (at the moment, and not counting names I’ve already used on my daughters):

[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Kasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Norita[/name_f] (my great-grandmother’s name)
[name_f]Prisca[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]

I already used [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] for my three daughters. So taking your lead I will leave them off of my list.

  1. [name_u]Roma[/name_u]
  2. [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Keira[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Bella[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Dulcea[/name_f]

The last two were middle names ([name_f]Isobel[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Bella[/name_f]) because I kept combining my favorite names into one combo in case I never had another girl. I never imagined I would have three daughters! If I had known ahead of time I probably would have come up with a more cohesive list and would have ripped both the list and my hair apart before my first girl had been born. Sometimes you just have to wing it. :wink:

I edited this because I saw [name_f]Keira[/name_f] and since I had [name_f]Keira[/name_f] on my list before I swapped out [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] for [name_f]Keira[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] but I didn’t overly consider it.

My favourite from your poll was [name_f]Araminta[/name_f]. Hmm, a lot of my favourite names end in A, including my #1 and #2 (the only ones I’ve ranked): [name_f]Azalea[/name_f] and [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f].

My top 10 A-ending names would be something like:
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
Hespera
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]

Of the ones list, I like [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] (first introduced to me by [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables, of course) and [name_f]Dinah[/name_f] (couldn’t tell you why, I’ve just always liked it).

[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]

I like “stronger” -a names as well =)

My favourite on your list is [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] and I’ve left that off my list even though it would be there otherwise:

(no particular order)

  1. [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Eira[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Orla[/name_f]
  9. [name_f]Jacquetta[/name_f]
  10. [name_f]Cora[/name_f]

I voted [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] only on the poll but also love [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and [name_f]Thora[/name_f] from your list. I have so many others on my list I can’t just pick 10!

  • [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Annora[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Clodagh[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Sonya[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Sidra[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Mariska[/name_f]

[name_f]Happy[/name_f] chicken naming!

[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]

[name_f]Ivana[/name_f]

[name_f]Xanthia[/name_f]

[name_f]Cambria[/name_f]

[name_f]Inga[/name_f]

[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]

[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]

[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]

[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]

[name_u]Micah[/name_u]

[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] is one of my absolute favourites, just wish I could persuade my OH to love it too.
My top ten (not including [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]);
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f]

I like [name_f]Rowena[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] from your list.

My Top 10 “Ends with ‘A’” Names:

[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theophania[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]

[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]

I have more on my list than I thought.

[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
Philothea
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]

Apparently I really like names that can be nicknamed [name_f]Thea[/name_f]!
The ones that just didn’t quite make top 10 included [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Valeria[/name_f], and [name_f]Junia[/name_f].

From your poll, [name_f]Geneva[/name_f] and [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] speak to me!

My Top Ten Names

[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]

From yours, I voted for [name_f]Araminta[/name_f], [name_f]Dinah[/name_f] and [name_f]Jemima[/name_f].

My own favorite ten (in alphabetical order)

[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]

[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Meribah[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]

[name_f]Demelza[/name_f] is my #2 favourite girl name and I was so excited to see it on your list! My husband thinks it sounds like a Disney witch or evil stepsister, but I love love love it. I really like [name_f]Rowena[/name_f] too, and have a soft spot for [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] thanks to [name_f]Anne[/name_f] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables.

A-ending names I love:
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Krista[/name_f]
[name_f]Ciara[/name_f] (Irish version, [name_m]Keer[/name_m]-ah)
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Raina[/name_f]

I loved finding this thread, I have been writing -a- ending names down for a while. My favourite is [name_f]Marilla[/name_f], my first daughter is named as such :slight_smile:

Leaving out my daughters names, [name_f]Marilla[/name_f] and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] my top ten are in no particular order:

[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f] - I don’t know why but I have a soft spot for her
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
Zinnea
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Carlotta[/name_f]

From your list, I like [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] and [name_f]Araminta[/name_f] the best (and voted [name_f]Jemima[/name_f]).

[name_f]Ailsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Septima[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]